PHILOS 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Logical Connective, Truth Function, Deductive Reasoning
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A claim requires one to clarify the meaning of the claim. The mechanistic world view takes the world as a huge machine, like a clock, whose function is governed by small devices like a gear. In making a claim, one must make it very precise, which often requires narrowing down the scope of the claim. It is often crucial to identify the question or the problem in order to make a good claim. This paper argues that freewill and the scientific world view are compatible because The weather forecast says that it is going to snow tomorrow. According to one interpretation of newtonian mechanics, phenomena in the macro-world and indeterministic. Are there other sorts of evidence for a claim. Intuition, description of a general opinion (especially from the authority), An argument is a set of claims, one of which is the conclusion and the others are the premises that are offered to support the conclusion.
